Manny

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Well my stuff is doing very well so this hot potato needs to fall into the hands of another. Sam you're up. Jonathan just recently got a ton of frags from him so let's blame Sam.

Super excited

Done deal. No receipt required right? I,hear you have bad memory so you might have to take my word for it.

. . . ummm. . . . people. My SPS have all died over the last few minutes while I caught up on my mentors page here. Seems they had a massive heart attack and all died. Can I have free frags too? I mean if you are all being generous and all. . . .

I can lend you my par meter for as long as you needJonathan, you might consider having him ship it to you and you just pick up the shipping. Would be easier than waiting to drive out there.

Roger

He actually went from T5s to MH and not LEDs. He now runs an LED/MH combo.

Doesnt show this on my laptop

Can you explain to me exactly what a goofball is sir? Lol

How do I vote?

Thank you for bumping the bump.

My sand sifting goby won't even sift the sand.

I'm going to have to take a similar approach as yours for documenting my own progress on my build. Keep the pictures coming.

Anxiously awaiting. . . . . . . . . . . .

That fish is a warrior for sure. Made it through two weeks in my overflow, down the overflow drain, into my first sump chamber avoiding the skimmer pump, through the refugium, and into my last sump chamber. And yes, expect to see it seldomly.

I didn't want to say anything on your thread until you did but CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! Welcome back to {baby} fatherhood. That's all.

Dammit Jonathan, I forgot to use the $10 coupon. . .

Gee I wonder why.

Good news Jonathan. Always nice to see pictures on your build thread. I feel your confusion about the kalk stirrer and two part. Thinking about your tank has sparked that question over and over in my head a few times. I have been debating lately whether to go the route of a kalk reactor myself. I would prefer a stirrer but only see reactors go for sale on reef central. I'm sure you will figure it out. Your knowledge of the science behind the hobby is sufficient to allow you to grasp anything thrown your way. Hopefully someone will point you in the right direction. I am glad to hear about your acro devastation coming to a halt. I don't think anyone from ARC has seen your tank (prior transfer) except for me and I must tell you other ARC members that his tank looked spectacular. The health and color of his coral looked amazing. Its hard to argue with the statement that T5s give the best coral color when you see tanks like his prior one was and see they achieve those colors with T5s. I'm excited to see how well your new coral with color up and see how they will start growing once they get to your tank. You better act quick though, the undata I brought for you is already starting to grow and has taken route down the side of the plug. About the bulbs, I say run them and watch growth go crazy. After all, we all look forward to having colonies of nice coral in our tanks not just frags and we should be more concerned about the color of the colonies over the frags. So to have your frags look good now vs to have them grow into massive colonies to which later you will focus on the color seems like an easy question to figure out. I just hope you don't damage your ballasts in the process. I'm sure they'll be OK though. If you keep up these lengthy updates then you will force me to blow the dust off of my build thread and start updating it as well. All in all it sounds like your tank is in a pretty happy state. Can't wait to see it again after things really start taking off.

You should show a picture update. And i still think they are true Hawaiian red people eaters.

Are those my former zoas?

Good stuff. I bet you feel real happy now about buying it. I know you have been wanting one for a while now.

But here is a more serious answer: Than Thain, from Tidal Gardens, has many YouTube videos on coral propagation. He has one where he cuts a toadstool and although it is much smaller than what you have, his method might be of interest to you. He removes the colony from the aquarium and sets it aside in a different container filled with tank water. He will cut the piece and put it back in this same container and let it sit in the container for while in which the toadstool is releasing its toxins. He also adds a few drops of iodine to the container to aid in the healing process. When he feels the toxin releasing phase is over (which I really dont know of a proven way to test when this is actually over) he will put it back into his display. If I remember correctly, he shows a clip of what the coral looks like the next day and it, along with coral around it, look fine. It is a great channel to subscribe to. Maybe someone else will chime in here as well.

If it were Ty having questions about the toadstool, he would just frag it in the name of science and not worry about the consequences.